"I haven't dealt with Konoha for a while, but I didn't expect this Hokage-sama's attitude to become so tough now."

Looking at the letter sent from Konoha to the country of demons, Shiraishi received his hand, and after scanning the handwriting on it, a little surprise appeared on his face.

"After all, after three crucial years of development, and with the full support of the Daimyo of the Fire Nation, the military power index has begun to rise rapidly, and in the face of indifferent threats, it is natural that it will not be taken seriously. So, what are you going to do about the joint Zhongnin exam? ”

When she came to Shiraishi's office, she heard Shiraishi mention Konoha and Ayane didn't want to say what she was thinking.

In the past three years, the country of ghosts has been recuperating, and Konoha has not been idle, and has developed by all means.

The War of the Land of Rain, although it hit the morale of Konoha and the Land of Fire, but the heritage of the two is still there, as long as the Daimyo of the Land of Fire can let Konoha let go of his hands and feet and not create difficulties for Konoha in terms of funds, then the efficiency of Konoha training ninjas will naturally be much higher than before.

The same is true for the rest of the great powers.

The history of the traditional five powers has been hundreds of years, and they have accumulated so many resources that it is not something that can be done overnight to overthrow them.

As the pressure on them from the country of demons increased, the nobles of the big countries also paid more attention to the development of the ninja village than before, instead of sticking to the past practices, and constantly forced the ninja village to disarm and reduce the investment in peacetime.

From this point of view, the country of ghosts can be regarded as a foil to these big ninja villages.

But this kind of foiling behavior, it is estimated that no ninja village will be grateful to the country of ghosts.

"It's a little bit taken for granted, Konoha's statement also makes sense, since it's a joint middle ninja exam, and the exam location is all in the country of ghosts, it's really a little inappropriate."

If the country of ghosts is not strong enough to cover the sky with one hand, then it is necessary to divide resources reasonably equally, and you can't completely ignore the identity and status of others.

Therefore, from this point of view, Konoha is just based on reasonable thinking and refutes the proposal that is not suitable for the country of ghosts.

"Generally speaking, the entire process of the Zhongnin exam will be arranged for about three or four staged tests."

Intelligence gathering and analysis, teamwork, personal presentation, leadership skills, and other abilities are all important parts of assessing whether a shinobi can become a middle ninja.

Compared with the huge number of lower ninja and middle ninja, the upper ninja personnel are too rare to be assigned to every squad.

In many cases, the middle ninja has to take on the role of the middle ninja of the team leader and command the team.

Even in the country of ghosts, there is not enough forbearance, arranged in each team, to guide the work.

Therefore, the middle ninja exam is also to select outstanding ninjas, command the squad, and use more efficient actions to complete the task.

As long as the personal strength reaches the level line, the standard of auditing Zhongnin actually pays more attention to intelligence analysis and collection, teamwork and command ability.

In the course of carrying out the mission, once the captain makes a mistake in command, it will bring a devastating blow to the team. The selection of the middle ninja should also be cautious.

Especially in peacetime when there is a lack of training, the selection should be more rigorous.

The reason why the middle ninja exam is divided into multiple stages of testing is also to better see the strengths and weaknesses of each ninja, so that the examiner can better make a comprehensive judgment, who can become a middle ninja, and who still needs to continue to hone in the lower ninja stage.

"Three or four stage-type exams, according to Konoha's suggestion, will need to turn over the territory of three or four big countries. The cycle of the middle ninja exam feels like it will be much longer. ”

Shiraishi thought about it.

"It's just the right time to collect information about the rest of the ninja villages, isn't it a good thing to do?"

"The last stage of the test will be conducted in the country of ghosts, and the previous test can be handed over to the rest of the ninja villages for arrangement."

Shiraishi decides to come down.

"The last exam obviously occupies the largest proportion of all the middle ninja exams. Will they give it up? ”

Ayane was skeptical.

"Yes, as long as they still have the idea of tempting the country of ghosts in their heads. At that time, the daimyos, high-ranking officials, and wealthy businessmen from all over the ninja world will gather in the country of ghosts, and in order to take care of the safety of the scene, the country of ghosts will inevitably send a large number of people to take charge of this matter. Their spy agents will definitely take this opportunity to be active and collect information about the country of ghosts. ”

After hearing this, Ayane also felt that Shiraishi's words were very reasonable.

The ninja villages of these big countries will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

From this point of view, the last exam can only be set in the country of ghosts.

"And what are you coming to me for? Now there is more than half a year before the Zhongnin exam, so it's impossible to let the garrison arrange it now, right? ”

Ayane asked.

"No, I'm here to ask you, do you want to be the guide of this year?"

Shiraishi looked at Ayane and asked with a smile.

"Guidance on the shinobi?"

Ayane looked at Shiraishi suspiciously.

"Yes, I've decided to let Asuka and Cai team up to participate in this year's middle ninja exam, and the third person has also decided, it's a girl from the Uzumaki clan, and Cai is a student of the same level, and her ability is also very good. I want you to endure in March, when the three of them are under the guidance. ”

Shiraishi came up with his own ideas.

Ayane lowered her head and thought for a while, then shook her head very dryly and said, "No, it's too troublesome, it's okay to teach occasionally, but if I directly lead them for half a year, how can I have so much free time?" Moreover, Asuka and Aya don't have anything to learn, their abilities have already been able to become a middle ninja, and the difference is just experience. ”

As for the third person, the girl of the Uzumaki clan in Shiraishi's mouth.

Although Ayane doesn't know who she refers to, she must be an extremely good talent to be favored by Shiraishi and stuffed into this team.

Uchiha, Hinata, Vortex, and the people of the three family bloodlines are all together, even if there is no teaching from her, it doesn't matter.

There are actually very few things she can teach, so instead of this, it is better to give the opportunity to other shinobi.

"Don't think about it anymore? I remember when you were in Konoha and you didn't experience the feeling of mentoring shinobi, right? ”

"And then turn your head and beat up your own students on the battlefield?"

Ayane asked rhetorically.

Shiraishi choked.

Who Ayane was referring to, of course Shiraishi knew.

"Saying that I haven't been a mentor Shangnin, aren't you the same?"

"It wasn't the same because I was tutoring students in a medical class at a ninja school at the time. Forget it, since you don't have this idea, then I'll go and choose another shinobi to serve as the guide for the three of them. ”

Since Ayane didn't agree to be the 'nanny' of the three, Shiraishi had no choice but to find another shinobi and lead the three Asuka on a mission after graduating in March.

"How about letting Obito come over?"

"Then you might as well arrange for the air to go over and serve as the guide of the birds."

The ability to bring soil is there.

But teaching talent, in Ayane's eyes, is equated with air. No, maybe not even as good as air, at least it doesn't mess with people.

“…… That's right. ”

"Where's Ruri? She used to be in the Konoha period, didn't she serve as a guide to shinobi? You should be very experienced in this area, right? ”

Ayane asked.

"She's not interested."

"Then you can do it yourself, I won't bother you, there is still work to be done by the garrison."

After saying that, Ayane simply left.

Shiraishi leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh as he began to think about who would serve as the guide for the three of Asuka.

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"—Alright, that's all for today's lesson."

The young female medical ninja, who was about twenty years old, put down the handout in her hand and said to the students in her class.

The students sitting in the front seats are all students of the medical ninja experimental class, and they are about to face the ninja school graduation test in March this year.

There were about 20 of them, of whom more than half were women.

This experimental class is a special class specially opened in the ninja school for the purpose of training medical ninjas.

It has been in development for more than 20 years.

The founder is the famous Konoha Sanninja Tsunade.

It is the idol worshiped by all the medical ninjas of Konoha.

Rather, as long as you say that you are a medical ninja, or that you are about to leave school as a medical ninja, there is no one who does not know Tsunade's name.

"Yes, Teacher."

The students obediently answered.

Just as the students were about to study on their own, the female medical ninja seemed to remember something and said, "Speaking of which, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you. ”

The students looked up and looked at the female medical ninja suspiciously.

"What's the matter, teacher?"

"Regarding the graduation exam in March, if you pass, you will become a shinobi, and if you fail, you will return to school to repeat. I just want to remind you that we medical ninjas have special treatment in this regard, and if you want to take the graduation exam in March, you can go and take it, and it doesn't matter if you don't participate, it won't affect your final exam results. ”

After all, those basic things are not difficult at all for medical ninjas who have the ability to manipulate chakra in detail.

If you want to become a medical ninja, you must generally be better than ninjas in other fields for chakra control.

And the basic physical arts, illusions, and ninjutsu of ninja are also very particular about these.

As long as she can successfully get the medical ninja graduation certificate from her, the traditional graduation exam of the ninja school is just a formalism in the true sense for the students of this experimental class.

That's why she said that whether they participate or not, it won't affect their results, and they will successfully get the ninja forehead protector.

And very unified, the students of this graduating class have all obtained the graduation certificate of medical ninja from her.

The lower ninja graduation exam at the ninja school is meaningless for medical ninjas.

The students whispered, their faces unconcealed with excitement, although they had heard about it for a long time, but they had not been able to hear it from the teacher.

Now that the female medical ninja has confirmed this, it also means that from now on, they will be shinobi.

All you need to do is grab the ninja forehead guard.

"You don't need to take the Shinobi graduation exam, but that's what you need to think about next. You plan to follow the normal process, integrate into the Shinobi team, and go out on a mission. Or do you want to go to a medical class and do an internship in a hospital? Or you can go to the exam of the dark department and become a logistics medical staff in the dark department, and have the opportunity to become a regular. ”

The female medical ninja gave the students several path options.

Medical ninjas learn far more than ordinary ninjas.

At the beginning, it is necessary to memorize a lot of medical knowledge and memorize that knowledge firmly.

After that, there is an extremely boring repetition of training, which is very draining of people's patience.

If you think about it carefully, you can see how much sweat it takes.

But because of this, as long as you get the qualification certificate in the teacher's hand, the future employment in the village will be very broad, and the treatment will be much better than that of ordinary ninjas.

The students' faces moved.

Join the Shinobi squad on a mission.

Entering the medical sector for further study.

Chose to enter the Shadow Agency, directly under the command of the Hokage.

In addition to the first choice, the second and third choices are all important departments in Konoha that are very famous, and they are also the departments that many students yearn for.

As long as you join these two departments, you will have a worry-free future, and smart people will know how to choose.

"There is still more than a month to go before the graduation exam in March, you can think about it for yourself, or you can discuss it with your family. On the day of your graduation exams, you come to me and fill out a form that will determine where you will work in the future. I want each and every one of you to think carefully. ”

The female medical ninja's expression became very serious.

The students nodded earnestly.

Although they are still minors, they have learned the importance of medical ninjas to the village after several years of exposure to them.

And it's about their own future, and no one will be careless in this regard.

Just then, the bell rang for the end of class.

The female medical ninja looked at the time and nodded.

"That's it, discuss it with your family after you go back, and then decide."

With that, she left the classroom with the handouts in her arms.

Back in his office, it was empty, and the rest of the teachers left early.

The Medical Ninja Lab class is held after 3 p.m., and sometimes on Saturdays and weekends.

At this time, the rest of the students and teachers almost left the school.

For this kind of thing, the female medical ninja who served in the ninja school had long been commonplace, and she disagreed and packed up the books on her desk and prepared to leave.

"That, teacher...... Are you there? ”

A rather apprehensive voice rang out at the door of the office.

The female medical ninja turned her head slightly and saw a girl with a wide forehead with long cherry hair standing at the door of the office.

The female medical ninja recognized the other party's identity as a student in her own class, and her name was Sakura Haruno.

Although it was in the fourth grade, he suddenly decided to enter the medical ninja experimental class to study, but his learning talent was very good, especially his memory and comprehension skills, and it only took half a year to catch up with the normal number of years of study.

It's literally for the medical ninja industry.

If the other party graduates and enters the medical department for further study, it will only take about four or five years, and maybe she will be able to catch up with or even surpass her medical ability.

For this student's future, the female medical ninja also attaches great importance to it.

"What's the matter, Haruno-san?"

The female medical ninja asked in a soothing tone, putting down what she was holding.

"Actually, I don't understand some medical ninjutsu knowledge ......"

Holding the heavy textbook, Sakura walked in and whispered.

"That's right, then you come in, I just have some time."

After thinking about it, there was no extra work tonight, and there was no rush to eat, so the female medical ninja decided to stay and tutor the other party.

"Thank you, teacher."

Sakura thanked and walked over to the female medical ninja, turning the page of the book to listen to the female medical ninja's teachings.

For Sakura's eagerness to learn, the female medical ninja is also very enthusiastic.

She didn't mind having a few more students like Sakura, but unfortunately, after a few years of teaching, it was too rare to be able to find students she didn't like after class.

She had seen all kinds of students, most of whom had been fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and it was difficult for her to maintain her determination.

She didn't know what kind of perseverance Sakura had to show such a positive attitude towards learning at this age, but it didn't prevent her from appreciating Sakura.

An hour had passed, and it was completely dark outside.

What Sakura didn't understand, under the explanation of the female medical ninja, all kinds of problems were solved.

When thanking him and preparing to leave, the female medical ninja suddenly asked:

"By the way, Haruno-san, have you thought about where you plan to work after graduating in March? If you go to the medical department, I can take you by the hand. If you plan to go to the dark part of the assessment, the teacher also knows some acquaintances there, and can arrange simple logistics for you to slowly settle down and learn. ”

For newbies, the most lacking thing is time.

The female medical ninja who came from the beginning of the novice medical ninja has a very deep experience in this regard.

The same is true for a student like Sakura, who has a talent for a medical ninja, and lacks the accumulation of time.

Although Sakura is already quite good among the student groups, the medical ninja is already quite good, and the grades are among the best, but compared to the real medical ninja, she is still too immature.

She tried her best to make Sakura take fewer detours.

"Teacher, I have already decided, and with the normal procedure, I will enter the lower ninja team to carry out the mission."

Sakura was stunned for a moment, then quickly gave her own answer.

And this answer somewhat stunned the female medical ninja.

Carrying out a Shinobi squad mission?

Although she gave the students three paths to choose from, the first path, to enter the Shinobi team to carry out the mission, in her opinion, was not a wise move.

In contrast, entering the medical sector and the dark sector will have a brighter and broader future than the first path.

"Have you really thought about it, Haruno-san? It's about your future, and I actually want you to go to the medical department for an internship and further study, and you can also choose from a dark department. ”

The female medical ninja said seriously.

"Yes, teacher, I've already decided."

Sakura nodded firmly, no cowardice in her eyes.

“……”

As if sensing Sakura's determination, the female medical ninja had no choice but to sigh helplessly.

Really, why choose the path that is least suitable for you?

It's not that it's bad, it's that the timing is wrong.

She hopes that Sakura will continue her studies and wait until she has achieved certain results, and then go to the team on the mission to hone her skills.

"Now that you've decided, I won't say anything more, teacher. I want you to take this book and study it if you have time. If you don't understand something, you can always come to the school and ask the teacher for advice. ”

The female medical ninja took out a thick book from the drawer and put it in Sakura's hand.

"It's ......"

"It's an advanced version of the basic medical ninjutsu course you're learning now, so let's take a good look at this book, it will help you a lot."

"I see, teacher."

Sakura nodded earnestly.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the book, his brow furrowed.

In the author's place, familiar words were seen.

- Tsunade ■■■■

The author's name has been altered.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just weird. Why did the author's name be altered? ”

Sakura pointed to the book.

The female medical ninja was slightly stunned, and then replied, "The second person who participated in the compilation of this book has already left Konoha and is considered taboo in the village. Everything about him was deliberately hidden. It's just that the basic textbooks can't be changed casually, otherwise, these books will also be blocked by the village. ”

To put it simply, there is no book that is more suitable for basic medical ninjutsu education.

If a replacement could be found, these books, would not circulate in ninja schools at all.

"Leaving Konoha ......"

Sakura knew that if she was just going out, there was no need to change her name.

There is another explanation for leaving - defecting ninjas.

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"Have you really decided, Sakura-chan, to follow the normal procedure to enter the Shinobi squad and carry out the mission?"

After returning home, Sakura tells her father, Zhao Haruno, about her decision.

But I didn't expect that Haruno, as a father, would also ask such a question, as if he was questioning something.

This attitude made Sakura slightly dissatisfied.

It seemed that he was also aware of Sakura's dissatisfaction, but Haruno Zhao was not angry, but looked directly at Sakura and said, "Your mother wants you to enter the medical department and enter the Shinobi team to perform tasks, which means that it is not safe." She doesn't want any surprises from you until you're fledgling. ”

"But Dad, didn't you support my decision in the past, and now you want to regret it?"

Sakura asked.

"Dad didn't go back on and won't veto your decision. But there are some problems that you may not be aware of, but I think that as a father, it should be necessary to remind you. ”

"Reminder?"

"Things you like about Sasuke, Dad knows that. The reason why you study so hard is also to get closer to Sasuke. But after graduating, you'll be a medical ninja, and it's not just Sasuke who you're burdened with. More than that, I want you to do these things for yourself, not for others. ”

"For the sake of ...... Myself? ”

Sakura looked at Haruno.

"I shouldn't tell you these things. The principles of a medical ninja, and the heavy responsibilities that come with it, you know better than I am. Sasuke, too, is just one of your colleagues, not all of them. If pursuing Sasuke makes you happier, then you go for it. If pursuing the other person will make you extremely miserable, then choose to give up with dignity. ”

Haruno seemed to see through all the thoughts in Sakura's heart, and said earnestly.

Sakura looked at her father's serious and solemn face in a daze, and fell silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

"I don't understand."

Sakura shook her head.

She didn't know why the topic had suddenly become heavy.

Did you do something wrong?

However, it wasn't her father Haruno Zhao who made her choose the path of a medical ninja with the goal of pursuing Sasuke at the beginning?

Why is it that attitudes are becoming a little unclear now?

"It's okay, you'll understand sooner or later. Because you're Sakura Haruno, not Zhao Haruno, and not Sasuke Uchiha. After graduating from ninja school, you'll have to work hard to learn how to be yourself. ”

Harunozhao touched Sakura's head and smiled softly.